Sinclair Annual Creative Writing Contest

About the Contest

Eligibility: Open to those writers who have received no payment for published manuscripts in the category they are entering (payment includes free copies of journals in which their work has appeared). Previous first and second place winners are ineligible to enter categories in which they have won. They may, however, enter other categories. Sinclair faculty, staff and spouses are ineligible.

Judging: Members of the Sinclair Community College faculty will select the winning entries. Winners will be notified by phone in March.

Fees: There is no cost to enter.

Winners: The winning entry in each category will receive $100. Second place in each category will receive $75. Third place in each category will receive $50. The above winners along with those receiving honorable mention will receive certificates suitable for framing. Contest winners will be presented awards during an April ceremony at Sinclair Community College. Winners need not be present; awards will be mailed.

Questions? Contact Professor Adrienne Cassel, Director Creative Writing Contest, Sinclair Community College at: 937 512-2896 or adrienne.cassel@sinclair.edu 

How to Submit Your Writing

Categories

Adult: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction
High School: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction

Deadline

Entries must be received by March 1, 2019.

Format

All entries must be submitted electronically and submitted to scccreativewriting@gmail.com

All entries should be typed (double-spaced for prose entries only). Full name, address, PHONE NUMBER and the TITLE of the work should appear on a COVER PAGE. Subsequent pages with the work being submitted should include THE TITLE. Do not include your name or any biographical information on the pages that you are submitting for the contest. If you are submitting more than one piece (for instance more than one poem), you must submit each piece separately.

Length

• Prose must not exceed 5,000 words.
• Poetry must not exceed 100 lines per poem.

Creative Writing Contest 2018 Awardees

Fiction, Adult

Jessica Marie Lake, “The Gift” 
Yvonne Tracy Tibbs, “The Penance”
Yvonne Tracy Tibbs, “Deirdre”

Creative Non-Fiction, Adult

Elita Suratman, “No Words”
Jen Sammons, “Transubstantiation”
Jessica Marie Lake, “Disposable Hero”
Franchesca Howe-Vachon, “Honorable A Glimpse of My Reality”

Poetry, Adult

Kathleen R. Smythe, “Milking Moon”
Ashley Cheake, “Untitled"
Kathleen R. Smythe, “Ice Skaters2”

Fiction, High School

Anna Wang, “The Absence of Light”
Anna Wang, “Perfume Summer"
Laura Fink, “A Letter to My Mom and Dad”

Poetry, High School

Taylor Flanagan, “Temple” 
Victoria Jacobs, “Dreaming of Trees"
Felix Ybarbo , “The Elements Within”

Creative Non-Fiction, High School

Taylor Richardson, "I'm Not Tracy"
Laura Fink, "What Gender Means to Me"
Emma Davis, "Ora Aleda Davis"